diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/validation/CompatibilityVisitor.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/validation/CompatibilityVisitor.java
index 8e4041e46e75..00aa38f6af19 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/validation/CompatibilityVisitor.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/validation/CompatibilityVisitor.java
@@ -430,6 +430,17 @@ public abstract class CompatibilityVisitor extends PyAnnotator {
     super.visitPyCallExpression(node);
     int len = 0;
     StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder(myCommonMessage);
+
+    if (myVersionsToProcess.contains(LanguageLevel.PYTHON24) || myVersionsToProcess.contains(LanguageLevel.PYTHON25)) {
+      boolean hasStar = false;
+      for (PyExpression argument : node.getArguments()) {
+        if (hasStar && argument instanceof PyKeywordArgument) {
+          registerProblem(argument, "Python version < 2.6 doesn't support this syntax. Named parameter cannot appear past *arg or **kwarg.");
+        }
+        if (argument instanceof PyStarArgument) hasStar = true;
+      }
+    }
+
     for (int i = 0; i != myVersionsToProcess.size(); ++i) {
       LanguageLevel languageLevel = myVersionsToProcess.get(i);
       if (!languageLevel.isPy3K()) {
diff --git a/python/testData/inspections/PyCompatibilityInspection/callExpression.py b/python/testData/inspections/PyCompatibilityInspection/callExpression.py
index 123087b4b582..c7ada52f8196 100644
--- a/python/testData/inspections/PyCompatibilityInspection/callExpression.py
+++ b/python/testData/inspections/PyCompatibilityInspection/callExpression.py
@@ -6,4 +6,11 @@ class A(B):
 <warning descr="Python version 3.0, 3.1 do not have method reduce">reduce()</warning>
 <warning descr="Python version 2.4 does not have method all">all()</warning>
 
-<warning descr="Python version 3.0, 3.1 do not have method buffer">buffer()</warning>
\ No newline at end of file
+<warning descr="Python version 3.0, 3.1 do not have method buffer">buffer()</warning>
+
+def foo(a,b,c):
+  print (a,b,c)
+
+args=['b']
+foo('a', c='c', *args) # OK
+foo('a', *args, <warning descr="Python version < 2.6 doesn't support this syntax. Named parameter cannot appear past *arg or **kwarg.">c='c'</warning>) # Not OK
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyArgumentListInspectionTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyArgumentListInspectionTest.java
index d500dd0d024c..4050f3139e6f 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyArgumentListInspectionTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyArgumentListInspectionTest.java
@@ -49,7 +49,13 @@ public class PyArgumentListInspectionTest extends PyTestCase {
   }
   
   public void testPy1268() {
-    doTest();
+    PythonLanguageLevelPusher.setForcedLanguageLevel(myFixture.getProject(), LanguageLevel.PYTHON30);
+    try {
+      doTest();
+    }
+    finally {
+      PythonLanguageLevelPusher.setForcedLanguageLevel(myFixture.getProject(), null);
+    }
   }
   
   public void testInstanceMethodAsLambda() {